Aha Arts Stamps

Hi friends! I hope you are having a great Saturday. I just completed two major deadlines (yes, two deadlines the two days after Christmas- what's wrong with me??!) and I'm feeling pretty excited to have this weekend to clean house and work on creative projects!

I wanted to share these beautiful stamps with you! My friend Ashley G. just created a new stamp shop called Aha Arts! I'm so proud of her and absolutely obsessed with the sets too. They are so offbeat, unlike anything you can find in stores! I love the geometric patterns most of all.

I've been making cards all day. Here are a few…

I did a little heat embossing too. It was so much fun.

Would you guys be interested in a post about heat embossing or card making. On that note, what paper crafting or scrapbooking topics would you like to see around here. Just curious! Hope your weekend is great. xo. Elsie

Ooh so pretty! Well done on getting stuff done, I’m feeling strangely productive this year too, usually in the funny time between Christmas and new years I do nothing but eat, read,go on walks and look at my shiny new presents!
I’d love a post on heat embossing, and also on how to start scrapbook/journalling or card making without buying too much. Here in the UK paper craft things are SO expensive its always put me off.

I’d love a tutorial on card making. I’d also love some tips for turning thrifted jewelery into one-of-a-kind pieces. How to take the beads from one thrifted pieces on to another, where to buy leather or chains for cheap online, just some basic ideas! I always see necklaces at fleamarkets with beads I love, but I don’t know how to begin creating something new with something that already exists. Elsie, you have such an eye for design, maybe just some tips!?

I’d love to see a post on heat embossing, and absolutely anything else paper craft/scrapbook related, since I’m obsessed. 🙂 I’d also love to see more of your Project Life layouts to get me motivated to finish this year’s book! I’m a huge fan of Ashley G and can’t wait to grab a few of these sets…

Ohhh so cute! I’d love to see a post on keeping your supplies organized! Apartment living had done me no favors in this department & I would love to start getting some fun new things but my darling husband has put a standstill on my crafting until I can get my craft crap together! Help!

I’m with Sunday (above). Just picked up a Project Life kit but don’t know where to start. I love your kind of “everyday” books but just can’t seem to dive in! Do you pick a theme, get inspired by a photo or what?! Hoping that by scrapbooking, I’ll notice and enjoy more of the little moments in 2014. xox

I love anything scrapbooking-related here! Also it would be great to learn more about your paper-crafting processes (how you organize your supplies, how you go from idea to final product, etc.). Also I’m super curious about what you’re doing with all that photo printing you mentioned the other day on Instragram 🙂

I’m interested in the clear plastic stamps like that… I wasn’t sure if it was exactly like the regular rubber stamps so I’ve avoided them…could be some silly thing I just haven’t studied up on, but I am so getting into stamps.

I’d also love to see scrapbooking & card posts…..I recently got some smash books for Christmas and I’m slightly obsessing over them & methods to use when filling them.

Hi ABM team! I am thrilled you asked. I have noted like a hundred crafty things id enjoy doing: -scrapbooking, project life, card making etc. I start only to find I don’t have what I needed and then give up. A post for beginners would be amazing. Also your opinion on must ‘tools’ to have. And top crafting tools you couldn’t go without. It would help to know what to invest more money in for the aspiring crafter and what tools and bits are more one off that would be better loaning from a friend…

I would LOVE a post about embossing and card making! I would also love to talk about inspiration for scrapbook pages (what to write or talk about), and less “typical” scrapbooking pages or techniques! Thank you so much for such great posts!

I love the clear stamp/heat embossing combo! If you are like me and hate buying new equipment for every project you undertake, try using a straightening iron instead of a heat gun! Gently heat your design between the OPEN plates of your iron (don’t squish down!). It takes about a minute longer but the effect is the same x

It would be great to hear more about card making, and different techniques for adding detials (i.e stamps, sewing on paper etc). It would also be great to see more on how to use textures, fabrics etc to add to card making (or journal making).
Thanks for the inspiration!

Fun! I guess I’ll just reiterate what so many have commented on before me, but I’d love to see some card making ideas. I do a lot of illustrations and calligraphy on my mine, so it would be fun to get some new inspiration from my favorite DIY blog 🙂

I would be interested in a post about embossing! I used to do emboss stamping all the time when I was a kid, but that was so long ago, I’ve sorta forgotten. And maybe you could throw in some info on different ink pads? Like pigment ink pads… Do you need clear embossing powder for that ink “emboss?” Or can you just throw the heat gun to it?

Love the cards! I really like the geometric patterns too. I feel like they would make for some very interesting backgrounds for art journaling. 😉

Would be lovely to have some fresh ideas for beginners, I’ve always been put off paper crafting as here in England it’s a little bit twee. I would love to do a nice picture journal but the ideas in the shops are a little bit sad and tired! Xx

I’d love to see more of your Project Life spreads/process if you’re doing it in 2014. Your pages are so inspiring! I’m so so happy that you’re scrapbooking again, you inspired me to start when I was in high school and now I’m making scrapbooks for my husband and I 🙂 xo

Such cute cards, and I love the use of neon. I’d love to see some tutorials on creating your own cards and stamps, and maybe with details on the types of different materials you can use- like different sorts of card stock, where to buy, etc. Sometimes I find sourcing the supplies a little tricky, and I can’t be the only one. totally not adverse to ordering online, either! Doesn’t have to be a bricks-and-mortar shop.

Congrats on meeting those deadlines! That’s pretty scary/great right after the holidays! haha.
I would LOVE to see a post about heat embossing. Or any other scrapping, really. I love being inspired by the work you guys come up with.

Please please please give us a “scrapbooking 101”. I need someone to straight treat me like an idiot. I sew and paint and do everything you can imagine, but this has totally escaped me. I think many of us modern crafty girls have fallen into this trap because so much of the scrapbooking we see is old ladyish. You post cute stuff sometimes but I wouldn’t have a clue how to start.